The question that most fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years ago, but how they got it so close to perfect.
然而,最吸引他的问题不是设计和建造金字塔的埃及人在4500年前是如何出错的,而是他们是如何做到如此接近完美的。
I think you've got it wrong. Brian is the official taster at the pie factory.
我想你误会了,布莱恩是馅饼厂的试味专员。
This goes to show that I got it wrong—again—since I put a real picture of myself.
这样看来,是我搞错了,当然错也不是第一次啦,因为我把自己的相片搞上去了。
This suggests that the markets have got it wrong in anticipating rate increases in 2010.
但是,这也表明市场预计2010年利率会上升是个错误。
Well, you know, I wrote a book called The World 15 Flat, and I wanna now apologize-I got it wrong.
你也知道,我写了一本书叫做《世界是平的》,现在我要道歉:我搞错了。
And anyway I think the doomsayers have got it wrong, more often than not, but this is a great reminder.
无论如何,我认为灾难预言者多半是错的,但是这是一个需要引起注意的提醒。
But now some leading environmental campaigners have performed a U-turn and said that they got it wrong.
但是现在一些知名环保活动者的态度来了一个一百八十度转弯,说他们错了。
If nothing else, these salaries show that those who predicted the demise of the MBA may well have got it wrong.
如果不看其它方面,这些薪水表明,那些认为MBA穷途末路的人可能错了。
The boy argued that scientists at NASA had got it wrong but the US institution clarified that its figures were correct.
NASA得悉此事后发表声明说,美科学家的估算是正确的。
They like it when you say, 'no, no, no, you got it wrong, this is what is right' and you lay out the facts, again, "he said."
他们喜欢你说:‘不,不,不,你们弄错了,这才是对的’,而且,你得再一次列举出事实来。
We naturally check the weather forecast every day and plan things round it, only to find out that the forecasters got it wrong.
西蒙说,“我们经常需要查看天气预报以便作出合适的日程安排,但是我们却老是发现这些预报都是错的。
He said he [Atkinson] had added a minute-plus because of our goal celebration [after Craig Bellamy had made it 3-3] but they got it wrong.
他说他(阿特金森)多补了3分钟是因为我们的进球庆祝(克雷格·贝拉米将比分追成3比3),但是他们搞错了。
Steve Jobs may have hated keyboard shortcuts, insisting on the original Mac that people should do everything with a mouse, but even he got it wrong sometimes.
史蒂夫乔布斯可能会恨键盘快捷方式,坚持原始的Mac,人们应该做任何事都用鼠标,即使做错了一些。
Aldous Huxley, in Brave New World, got it wrong: rather than centralizing power in the hands of the state, DNA technology has empowered individuals and families.
奥尔德斯·赫胥黎在《美妙的新世界》一书中犯了一个错误:他把DNA技术授权给了个体和家庭,而没有把权力集中于国家手中。
My mistake was simple: I got it wrong on first use as I wrote the story, and then, with the misspelling ingrained in my head, repeated the mistake every subsequent time.
我的错误很简单:在我第一次写文章的时候就写错了名字,后来这个错误的名字就深深地印在我的脑海,后来每次都潜意识的用了这个错误的名字。
"I do not want to say that the prosecutor has got it wrong - but I do not believe the fear (there is a risk) of aggravating the facts or of flight," said Professor Holsbauer.
布雷诺的心理医生,著名的马科斯-普兰克精神研究所所长,抑郁症治疗领域的专家豪斯鲍尔教授说:“我并不想说检察官的做法是不正确的,但是我确实不认为布雷诺有可能会逃跑。” 他同时表示,布雷诺是一个非常友善的人。
Butt new research shows that psychologists got it wrong - the point in a marriage when a couple is most unhappy, therefore most likely to stray, is actually the ten-year mark.
但是新的研究证明心理学家们搞错了——在婚姻中,一对夫妻相处最不愉快也最容易关系破裂的时间是第十年。
Even though they called the election and had been preparing for it for some time, they got off on the wrong foot.
虽然他们召集了这次选举,也为此准备了一段时间,他们还是出师不利。
More broadly, they feel they're being punished even though they did nothing wrong, while those whom they blame for the whole mess — the bankers — got bailed out and are raking it in.
从更广泛的层面来说,中低收入者觉得自己正在遭受惩罚,尽管他们并没有做错任何事情,而那些在他们看来应该为整个混乱局面负责的人(即银行家们)反而获得了紧急援助,而且还在赚大钱。
It turned out to be kind of wrong because in the 1880s they started building so many houses in response to the demand that there was eventually a crash; but somehow people got this idea at some time.
结果证明这错了,因为在19世纪80年代,为迎合需求,他们建造了很多房屋,结果却崩溃了,但不知为何,人们有时就是会突发奇想?
Every time we got together, she would declare her astuteness and would never take my advice because it was always wrong. Ms.
每一次我们在一起时,她总会想办法证明她的聪明而绝不会接受我的建议,因为总认为我是错的。
I must have flipped through the passport too quickly back then to notice that someone had got my eye color wrong; it was only when I opened it thirty years later that I picked up on the mistake.
我那时一定是很块地翻看了护照才注意到有人把我眼睛的颜色弄错了;就在我三十年后打开这本护照时,我对这样的失误心里才感觉好些。
And now, after more than 35, 000 votes, it appears we got it all wrong.
现在已经有超过35,000的人投票了,结果显示我们全都搞错了。
'free' makes us feel good and 'free' has no downside; it we didn't pay we've got nothing to lose if our decision turns out to be wrong.
“免费”让我们感觉良好,同时它也没有不好的一面。因为我们没花钱,所以,如果我们选择错了,我们也不会损失什么。
'free' makes us feel good and 'free' has no downside; it we didn't pay we've got nothing to lose if our decision turns out to be wrong.
“免费”让我们感觉良好,同时它也没有不好的一面。因为我们没花钱,所以,如果我们选择错了,我们也不会损失什么。
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